LaForrest L. Simmons

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1	No image URL.							NOTES: This was removed from the companionway of the two man schooner "LaForrest L. Simmons" built in 1909 by Abbott. This was in a scrap pile at A. Smith & Sons shipyard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore. "Simmons" came to Chesapeake Bay from Massachusetts in 1936. Last topmast schooner on Bay. The plate was seen on the cabin remains, removed when the schooner was converted to power, in 1939, at the Smith Shipyard. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Burgess, R.H., "Chesapeake Sailing Craft"	CL13381
	2			Laforrest L. Simmons (Schooner : 1909).			on verso: Laforrest L. Simmons (sch), Cambridge, Md. B.1909 at Milford, Del. by W.G. Abbott; owned by Joseph E. Warner.		Starboard side view of the vessel underway.	P0001.011/01-1824#PK4470
	3	No image URL.							Laforrest L. Simmons	P0001.011/01-1824
	4			Laforrest L. Simmons (Schooner : 1909).			on verso: Laforrest L. Simmons (sch), Baltimore, Md. B.1909 at Milford, Del. owned (1949) by Carl L. Anderton.		View of vessel taken at Urbanna, VA.	P0001.003/01-#PB5651
	5			Laforrest L. Simmons (Schooner : 1909).			on verso: Laforrest L. Simmons (sch), Cambridge, Md. B.1909 at Milford, Del. by W.G. Abbott; owned by Joseph E. Warner. Converted to motor vessel in 1939, lost Aug.12, 1955 one mile north of Sharp's Island, Md. Photo by Dwight Foster.		Photograph taken from bowsprit, looking aft. The vessel appears to be underway, as its surrounded by water.	P0001.011/01-1824#PK5476
	6			Laforrest L. Simmons (Schooner : 1909).			on verso: Laforrest L. Simmons (sch), Baltimore, Md. B.1909 at Milford, Del. owned (1949) by Carl L. Anderton.		Bow view of vessel taken at Urbanna, VA.	P0001.003/01-#PB5652
	7			Laforrest L. Simmons (Schooner : 1909).			noted on verso: Laforrest L. Simmons (schooner), Reedville, Va. B.1909 at Milford, Del. owned by Barney D. Wessells.		Image of forward deck while docked in a harbor. Noted on verso: At Smith's shipyard, Baltimore, being converted into a power boat; looking aft on deck, 1939.	P0001.011/01-1824#PK2825